Howsie

Its been a while since the last update and I have got some decent growth from the Alternathera Reineckii and the "baby tears". Tha plants i put in a while back like the Water sprite and the unidentified plant have adjusted well. I might be able to remove the gladwrap off the original glass and have in room conditions. Anyway pics Heres some new growth on the Alternathera reineckii A comparison shot of the Baby tears and the Alternathera New growth on the Baby tears This is the unidentified plant. I previously thought Hygrophila polysperma but now think some sort of rotala maybe? A birds eye view of the original glass. I think the tiny piece of grass that came with the sphagnum moss might be growing The sphagnum moss is growing I didnt take many pics of the second glass as there wasnt much growth. I bought some more java moss and will put that in this weekend.

This happened to mine a while back but unfortunately the heater was down for a few days and it stopped. I didnt get any eggs but you might. If the pair are young they may eat the eggs soon after laying is what I've been told so they might lay eggs and you may not see them. Good luck

Was looking at some species online and saw C. adolfoi. pretty fish but not such a pretty price tag $30+ each :cry1:

Cool thanks. Im not worrying too much about them getting to the aquatic mix, the manado is about 4cm at its shallowest. I'm more worried about my bristlenose digging under the driftwood and stiring up the substrate. Thanks. Just as a side note what kind of cories do you think I should go for. Would like to attempt breeding but am after a good looking fish for the most part.

Thanks That first method seems similar to what I'm doing at the moment. I haven't heard of algae being a problem but have read about mould growing. The second method seems fairly easy. When my plants in the tank grow a bit more I think I'll try that. It seems that after the roots start growing it would take off quicker. I could have tried that before my tanks big rescape the blue hygrophila was always growing right out of the water.

My tank at the moment has a substrate of daltons aquatic mix capped generously capped with jbl manado. Will Corys be alright on this stuff? I am wanting to add a little bit of sand in the future but this may be a while to come. Thanks

I think i fixed the pictures. Not much in the way of updates. I added a small amount of java moss to the second glass and another little plant which I think is hygrophila polysperma. I also added a piece of water sprite that was almost growing emmersed in the tank. Ill put up another picture when i get some new growth.

:iag: How big was the tank ive got a 215l with 11 in could I do with more perhaps?

Sorry. Ill have a go at fixing that

After talking about lights I decided to have a look around home to see if i could find anything and then I remembered the lights to my old siamese fighter tank and luckily it still worked. I also made another planter out of the Nutino jar but this time Im going to try java moss instead of sphagnum moss. In the new Nutino jar I addded a cutting of Anubias (Barteri?) as well as a java fern plantlet. To the original cup I added some Alternathera Reineckii, a piece of Sagittaria subulata and a small plant i got given as Baby tears. Heres a shot of where I have placed everything This is an early stage in the second glass. Still need to add moss which ill get in the next week. Here is the first glass with a few extra plants as stated above here you can see the condensation which i hope means its fairly humid. This might need to be placed in the trade and exchange but I will be after Crypts, hydrocotyle, glosso, mosses and other plants to try out in the near future so if you've got some and want to sell them pm me :thup:

Im thinking of trying some dwarf sag to see what it looks like and maybe some Alternathera Reineckii to see if that grow as its not doing great in my tank. I might be able to get another on made from a nutino jar which could look better when plants grow up a bit and might suit bigger plants like crypts. Anyway I'll get cracking and post some pictures later on. Thanks p.s I saw my lemon tetras spawn this morning which was cool (not expecting anything though)

I am going to keep the substrate wet and at the moment I do have glad wrap over the top but at the moment I haven't yet added any aquarium plants yet. I was thinking Anubias. I will mist multiple times a day and would like to try Crypts.If this project works I might convince my mum to let me make more with different parameters. What crypts would you suggest (amongst other plants) ? Do you think I need to add a light or could I sit it in a window. If I used a light what would you suggest (what & where to buy)?

Hi everyone! This is a little project that I decided to start today that was new and thought it would be a little bit of fun. Note that if you want to copy this little project know that I have little idea what I'm doing. I like to think of it as Im testing it out so you dont have to.Enjoy: This build starts off with a massive 450...ml glass that looks very similar to the one below but has a crack in it I the added some rinsed Compost. (I didnt make a clay ball thing that most other wabi kusa use) I also added a JBL clay ball After that I found some moss growing on the lawn (which we havent sprayed of fertillized for ages). I think its sphagnum but im probably wrong I ripped some out and placed it in the glass gently but firmly enough I then took lots of pictures and posted it on here. If you know any other plants I could put in please tell me. Thanks

Yeah he watches the fish fairly often and occasionally pounces at them which is funny to watch

yeah I did the big ones were blue Hygrophila and they grew out of control in the tank and started to look ugly after that picture was taken with roots jutting out allover the place, bent stems from growng against the lights and poor trimming. I also got a lot of algae and nutrient deficiencies so i decided to change the inert gravel substrate to a daltons aquatic mix, laterite,peat...etc and manado. some of the plant accidently got biffed or dried out. since the new substrate i have had minimal algae problems so im happy so far. i do want the jungle look again though

Thank you

Hows that?

Before... After and in progress Main changes are the substrate and some plants but am thinking about adding some more drift wood swapping out plants and fish. I will post a pic in the freshwater tanks column later when the tanks looking better Did the pics work?

I have seen them on Wonderworld aquatics website in rotorua if your still looking. Never actually seen them there but heres a link http://www.wonderworldpetcentre.co.nz/shop.php?action=moreinfo&itemid=5177 Sorry for going off topic Nice tank and the fish are amazing

Thanks. Its a good name isnt it. I joined the forum after I joined the club so that either is still to come or i need to talk to someone at the next meeting about setting that up. Thanks

Is there a difference between the login for the forum and the login for the members area on the fnzas home page?

Thanks and i agree they will do much better in a pond considering it'll be atleast five times the size of their current home. I guess you guys have learnt something else about me, I'm good at telling bad jokes.

Its not a problem with your site its a problem with mine Thanks everyone

I only looked at the FNZAS home page and saw how to join the FNZAS not register on the actual forum I felt soooooooooo stupid today when i found it. I still cant believe how long it took. I assumed that once I joined a club someone would email me something and it took me for ever to do that. I feel like there has been a lot of wasted time when i could have been actually contributing rather than watching on. @Caryl: I am aware that the tank is too small and i really want to get our pond dug in so i can get them out. There's two and theyre still small but i want them out ASAP so that the tank doesnt stunt there growth. I also put another filter on to keep the water flow up and help with the bioload but i dont want to be one of those people who overstock the tank and assume they'll be right.

Hello everbody! I have been looking at this site for I kid you not 2 years and it took me this long to find the Register button :facepalm: but that doesn't matter now because Im online. Here's a little about me. I've been in the hobby for about 3 and a half years and recently joined the HBAS. I'm primarily interested in South American fish (tetra,catfish,dwarf cichlids). I have two tanks. My mums 54 litre school tank.Technically its hers but I run it and am trying to convince her to dicth the gold fish and go tropical.And then I have my main tropical, planted, low tech, south american themed, 215L, Ar980 tank that is starting up again after a large rescape. The live stock include a keyhole cichlid, a school of 11 lemon tetra, a bristlenose and a couple of ottos. I'm looking at changing things around and am interested in getting some new fish and/or plants. My ultimate goal is to have a healthy, heavily planted tank and maybe a little bit of fish breeding in the near future. Untill then I hope to learn a lot from the rest of you. Thanks Matt.